United States.Conservation of natural resources--Citizen participation.United States. National Park Service.Alaska.National parks and reserves.Films Media Group.National parks and reserves--United States--History.20112011en790700466Television programsMorning of creation, 1946-1980Following World War II, the parks were overwhelmed as visitation reached 62 million people a year. This final episode describes how a billion-dollar campaign, Mission 66, was created to build facilities and infrastructure to accommodate the growing flood of visitors. Biologist Adolph Murie introduced the revolutionary notion that predatory animals deserved the same protection as other wildlife. In Florida, Lancelot Jones, grandson of a slave, sold his family's property on a string of unspoiled islands in Biscayne Bay to the federal government to be protected as a national monument. During the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter set aside 56 million acres in Alaska for preservation--the largest expansion of protected land in history.HistoryThe National parks America's best idea : [morning of creation, 1946-1980]Documentary television programsNonfiction television programsEducational television programsVideo recordings for the hearing impairedNot rated.BarnesPaulBarnes, Paul, 1951-1951National parks (Television program). Episode 6, Morning of creation, 1946-1980.nyuSquiresBuddySquires, Buddy.Conservation of natural resources--United States--Citizen participation.National parks and reserves--Alaska.BurnsKenBurns, Ken, 1953-1953Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)Films Media GroupFlorentine Films.New York, N.Y.DuncanDaytonDuncan, Dayton.StetsonLeeStetson, Lee.Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)MellishCraigMellish, Craig.CoyotePeterCoyote, Peter.